Quest Partners (Quest), a research driven quantitative investment firm has appointed Prashant Kolluri, a 20-year investing veteran, who as President. Working in tandem with Founder and CIO Nigol Koulajian, Kolluri will focus on building the existing institutional client base, overseeing
Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a provider of consulting services and system solutions, has launched VOLCS, an ASP (Application Service Provider) multipurpose management system for financial institutions. VOLCS provides two functions such as due day management for structured bonds and OTC
Recent data suggests that the aggressive overhaul of the US swaps market with respect to European implementation schedules continues to drive cross-border liquidity fragmentation, bringing the worries held by market participants since the implementation of Swaps Execution Facility (SEF) mandates
Institutional investors are increasing capital allocations to alternative strategies in a quest for strong returns in the low-interest-rate environment, according to a new study from BNY Mellon. The report, Split Decisions: Institutional investment in alternative assets, produced by BNY Mellon
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a Discussion Paper for public consultation on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT). ESMA is seeking feedback from stakeholders on the possible use of distributed ledgers in securities markets, potential benefits
Compliance with global regulatory regimes and market structure changes is leading traditional asset managers and hedge funds to take a holistic approach to measuring trading and research costs. Uncovering trends and drivers from interviews with 100 US buy-side head traders,
While a majority of asset owners and asset managers (57 per cent) expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the investment industry in the next five years, only seven per cent currently have initiatives to support it, according to
FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in multi-asset execution management systems, has partnered with RSRCHXchange to provide buy-side traders with immediate alerts to the availability of relevant research via the company’s FlexTRADER EMS. Launched in September 2015, the RSRCHX platform was built in
While investors redeemed just under USD1.9 billion from hedge funds in April, performance gains helped boost assets by USD6.86 billion, bringing total hedge fund industry assets to USD2.986 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Flows report. According to report
Boutique prime broker Global Prime Partners has signed a partnership with RSRCHXchange, the online marketplace for institutional research, to provide its growing client base with access to research content. Global Prime Partners’ clients – including hedge funds, family offices
